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Narayan Jagadeesan blended caution with aggression in right proportions during his undefeated knock of 148 as South Zone were comfortably placed at 297 for three against North Zone on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy semifinal at the BCCI-CEG ground in Bengaluru on Thursday.
South Zone applied finishing touches to their superiority across the last four days, defeating West Zone by 75 runs to win the Duleep Trophy.
Shafali Verma was named captain of the North Zone team for the Senior Inter-Zonal T20 Trophy, starting in Nagaland, from Tuesday.
Having stuttered in the chase, Parag's yet another quickfire knock -- 95 from 65 balls with eight fours and five sixes -- revived East Zone's hopes of turning the tables on South Zone.
North Zone routed South Zone by eight wickets on the third day of their Duleep Trophy match at the Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium at Motera on Monday.
Six run-outs proved costly for defending champions South Zone as they lost the Deodhar Trophy match by two runs.
Spinners Saransh Jain and Kumar Kartikeya exploited the indecisiveness of South Zone batters to share nine wickets between them to hand Central Zone advantage on the first day of the Duleep Trophy final in Bengaluru on Thursday.
Chasing 501 in the fourth innings, South Zone were 171 for 2 against England 'A' at close on the third and penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match.\n\n
Mayank Agarwal, vice-captain of South, Sarfaraz Khan and Prithvi Shaw have come to this match riding on heaps of runs that they have made in the previous Ranji season.
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Rajat Patidar and Yash Rathod exploited the lack of spin bowling options in South Zone ranks to craft easy-on-the-eye hundreds, taking Central Zone to a commanding 384/5 on Day 2 of the Duleep Trophy final.
South Zone beat Central Zone by seven runs in the Deodhar Trophy limited overs league match.
Pacer Gurjapneet Singh, who earned an India A call on Sunday, picked up the scalps of Shubham Sharma and the promoted Saransh Jain, who was later adjudged player of the series, to create some anxious moments in the Central camp.
Rahul Dravid (118) and Dinesh Karthik (103) combined to rescue South Zone from a top-order collapse, guiding them to a 348-run second innings lead against Central Zone on the third and penultimate day of their Duleep Trophy match in Bangalore on Saturday.
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Out of favour India batter Hanuma Vihari will be leading the South Zone squad in the upcoming Duleep Trophy tournament.
The former Mumbai teammates claimed seven wickets to bowl out South Zone for 219. West Zone in reply were four for 2.
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Yash Rathod makes 194 as Central extend command over South in Duleep Trophy final
R Sai Kishore came up with a splendid all-round show as South Zone trumped North Zone by two wickets in a thrilling finish in the rain-hit semi-final.
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A sparkling century by Barrington Rowland helped South Zone beat East Zone with two balls to spare and earn four points in the Deodhar Trophy match.
West Zone need 76 runs more to register an outright victory after they bowled out South Zone for 211 in the second innings
North Zone medium pacers made most of the grassy wicket at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad on Saturday, bundling out South Zone for a paltry 157 in the first innings of the Duleep Trophy match.
South Zone dismissed East for a modest 163 in the second Innings, after conceding a lead of 109 runs, and then scored 113 for three wickets by close on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match, chasing 273 for victory in a minimum of 120 overs.
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Set a victory target of 419, West were 60 for 3 in their second innings at stumps on the penultimate day of the Duleep Trophy match against South Zone.
South Zone were 158 for five in the second innings after following on the third day of the Duleep Trophy league match against Central Zone.
The West Zone squad was selected by the selection committee chaired by Mumbai's Sanjay Patil, Baroda's Prayan Dave, Maharashtra's Akshay Darekar, Sandip Maniyar from Saurashtra Cricket Association and Kirat Damani from the Gujarat Cricket Association.
Rampaging Dinesh Karthik lit up third day's proceedings with his second century of the match to put South Zone in firm control of the Duleep Trophy final against West Zone in Hyderabad on Thursday.
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A formidable South Zone team will start as clear favourites against defending champions East Zone in the semi-final of the Duleep Trophy starting from on Sunday at the VDCA ground.
Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman flopped with the bat but Team India discard Dinesh Karthik slammed a whirlwind 153 as South Zone posted 329 on the opening day of the Duleep Trophy match against Central Zone in Bangalore on Thursday. In reply, Central Zone were 30 for no loss at stumps, with Tanmay Srivastava (13) and Shivakant Shukla (11) in the middle, still 299 runs behind South's first innings' total.
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They claimed four points in their Duleep Trophy opening tie.
Central Zone's Mohammad Kaif on Sunday posted a captain's knock of 87 runs to draw the match but could not prevent South Zone from entering the Duleep Trophy semi-finals by virtue of their narrow three-run first innings lead.
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